2dimes wrote:Hmm, I bet that would help me get rid of the vodka sitting on our counter. I don't know why people think vodka has no flavour. I can taste it and I'm not a fan.

I think vodka has flavor. If you don't like the taste, then you're drinking the wrong vodka. A good vodka is like anything else; it'll taste great, and be very smooth. A cheap vodka will be harsh and nasty. I love vodka.

I like svedka for low end vodkas. I don't know much stuff that is higher end than Grey Goose/Ciroc/Crystal Skull/Belvedere(arguably shouldn't even be considered high end by many people I know), and I'm not even sure if there are many that are higher end than that. Part of it seems to me that scotches and whatnot need to be aged, whereas I don't think I've EVER seen an aged vodka, and that improvement of flavor with age is probably what leads to differences in quality and taste.

Or maybe it's that people who drink vodka just don't give a shit about anything other than getting hammered, so they can't even fathom waiting to get to their alchy.

And then the last thing I'd add is that Vodka is the only alcohol that has various flavors, so I don't know how that plays into it, but there's probably something about vodka and how it's made that makes the highest quality it can attain less "fancy" than that of the other liquor types

Sackett58 wrote:Have a unlabeled bottle and not sure what it is. Poured a little in a tablespoon, lit it. Timed it for burn and realized it is some Croatian Slivovitz brought over by the cousins.

I actually still have a couple of small unlabled bottles, but I belong to something called the "Whiskey Exporer's Club." So I drink the bottles go online and answer questions about it and make myself look foolish.

Oddly enough I generally tend to get the price range right most of the time.

I actually found some cheap single malt scotch that wasn't all that bad. Still in general cheap is bad. Expensive doesn't always mean the best, because you do have supply and demand to consider in the price.